Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：NISTP：神经成像科学培训计划这一机构拨款申请四个博士后职位的资金，用于神经成像领域的跨学科培训和研究。本课程将重点介绍两大类神经成像：放射性示踪剂和核磁共振。具体的成像方法由以下首字母缩写描述：PET(正电子发射断层扫描)，MRI(磁共振成像)，包括fMRI(功能磁共振成像)和DTI(扩散张量成像)，以及MRS(磁共振波谱)。这些成像方法为神经成像在诊断、治疗和了解药物滥用和依赖的病理生理学方面的临床应用提供了真正的希望。然而，这些新的方法通常源于复杂的、多学科的科学，从而为他们的进一步发展创造了一个具有挑战性的信息障碍 在医学实践中的开发和应用。拟议计划的目的如下：-为博士后研究员提供正式课程培训，重点是成像和临床研究方法，并指导他们的基础多学科科学。-为研究员提供辅导培训，以应用这些新方法，促进我们对大脑在健康、药物滥用和其他精神疾病中的功能的跨学科理解。-为研究员提供成像应用和方法学方面的综合研究经验。在培训期间，所有博士后研究员将被要求在一名应用导师和一名方法论导师的指导下完成至少一个研究项目。通过将这一计划组织成两个规模大致相同的互动轨道：方法学和应用，将加强方法学和成像应用方面的培训的整合。我们预计，方法论领域的博士后研究员大多将拥有博士学位，而应用领域的博士后研究员将主要拥有神经科学或行为科学的医学博士学位或博士学位。每个研究员将有一名初级和二级教师导师代表这两个轨道。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): NISTP: NEUROIMAGING SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAM This institutional grant requests funds for four postdoctoral positions for interdisciplinary training and research in neuroimaging. Two general classes of neuroimaging will be emphasized: radiotracer and nuclear magnetic resonance. The specific imaging methods are described by the following acronyms: PET (positron emission tomography, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), including fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and DTI (diffusion tensor imaging), and MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy). These imaging methodologies offer real promise for the expanded clinical utility of neuroimaging in the diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of the pathophysiology of substance abuse and dependence. However, these new methodologies typically derive from complex, multidisciplinary sciences, which thereby create a challenging information barrier to their further development and application in medical practice. The purposes of the proposed program are the following: - Provide formal course training to postdoctoral fellows, with an emphasis on imaging and clinical research methodology, and instruction in their underlying multidisciplinary sciences. - Provide mentored training for fellows to apply these new methods to the interdisciplinary advance of our understanding of the function of the brain in health, substance abuse, and other psychiatric diseases. - Provide an integrated research experience for the fellows both in imaging applications and in methodology. All postdoctoral fellows will be expected to complete at least one research project with an applications mentor and one with a methodology mentor during their training period. The integration of training in methodology and imaging applications will be enhanced by the organization of this program as two interactive tracks of approximately equal size: Methodology and Application. We expect that the majority of postdoctoral fellows in the Methodology track will have Ph.D. degrees, and those in the Application track, primarily M.D. degrees or Ph.D. in neurosciences or behavioral sciences. Each fellow will have a primary and secondary faculty mentor to represent the two tracks.